The Economy of Salvation

Essays in Honor of M. Douglas Meeks

Jürgen Moltmann, Timothy Reinhold Eberhart, Matthew Charlton, Jürgen Moltmann, Timothy Reinhold Eberhart, Matthew Charlton, Moltmann, Eberhart

• Publisher: Cascade Books
• Year: 2015
• Print ISBN:
  9781620326282
  9781498236362
• eBook ISBN:
  9781498236355
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Christian Theology

Over the last four decades, the focus of M. Douglas Meeks' work has placed him at the center of many of the most important developments in theological reflection and education. As a political, ecclesial, and metaphorical theologian, Meeks has given witness to the oikonomia of the triune God, the Homemaker who creates the conditions of Home for the whole of creation, in critical conversation with contemporary economic, social, and political theory. The essays of this volume were written to honor Meeks, professor of theology at Vanderbilt Divinity School, by addressing the theme of God's economy of salvation from biblical, historical, ecclesial, and theological perspectives. In an age of ecological devastation and economic injustice, Meeks teaches us how to place our hope--as disciples of Jesus, as members of local congregations, as stewards of institutional life, and as global citizens--in God's power for life over death through Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. These essays will serve to enliven and clarify this hope for the sake of the world God so loves. CONTRIBUTORS: Jurgen Moltmann, Timothy Reinhold Eberhart, Matthew W. Charlton, Walter Brueggemann, Josiah Young, Kendall Soulen, Patout Burns, John Cobb, Michael Welker, Nestor O. Miguez, Charles M. Wood, and Sondra Wheeler.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Foreword
• Preface
• Contributors
• 1. Introduction by Timothy R. Eberhart
• 2. A Royal Miracle and Its Nachleben by Walter Brueggemann
• 3. Augustine on Riches and Poverty by J. Patout Burns
• 4. The Future of the Wesleyan Movement by John B. Cobb Jr.
• 5. “Go Tell Pharaoh,” or, Why Empires Prefer a Nameless God by R. Kendall Soulen
• 6. M. Douglas Meeks: Process Theologian by Marjorie Hewitt Suchocki
• 7. Christology in the Context of Current Western Systematic Theological Reflection by Michael Welker
• 8. Interpreting the Text, Interpreting the World: A Wesleyan Hermeneutics of Economic Life by Sondra Wheeler
• 9. The Church and Its Ministry: Expanding an Ecumenical Vision by Charles M. Wood
• 10. Who Hopes for What He Already Sees? by Josiah U. Young III
• 11. Economy, Violence, and Culture of Peace by Nestor O. Miquez
• 12. A Culture of Life in the Dangers of This Time by Jurgen Moltmann